The Eighth Day

EIGHTH DAY

There is an Eight day that is associated with the Feast of Tabernacles which commemorates two very important memorials and foreshadows one very important aspect of life.

a.      The circumcision of Jesus Christ

With regards to the significance of circumcision this is what the Lord said to Abraham; “And God said to Abraham: "As for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations. This is My covenant which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: Every male child among you shall be circumcised; and you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.’

“He who is eight days old among you shall be circumcised, every male child in your generations, he who is born in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not your descendant. He who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money must be circumcised, and My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. And the uncircumcised male child, who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant" (Genesis 17:9-14).

So, the circumcision of Jesus Christ on the eighth day of His birth fulfilled the everlasting covenant which the Lord made with Abraham, for in Him we were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.’

“And we, being dead in our trespasses and the uncircumcision of our flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven us all trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross” (Colossians 2: 11-14).

So, we have been bought near to God by the blood of Jesus Christ not only through His death but also through His circumcision and so, we have been duly instructed saying; “Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh --- who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands ---that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ” (Ephesians 2:11-13).

b.      b. The Name of Jesus

The name of Jesus Christ is the other event that commemorates the Eighth Day of the Feast of Tabernacles as it is written: “And when eight days were completed for the circumcision of the Child, His name was called JESUS, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb” (Luke 2:21).

So, the Eighth Day of the Feast of Tabernacles the day the Jesus received the name which is above all other name as we have been duly instructed saying; “Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” (Philippians 2:9-11).

c.      c. It foreshadows Eternity

The Eighth Day of the Feast of Tabernacles foreshadows eternity when Jesus Christ will hand over everything back to the Father as it is written; “Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet. The last enemy that will be destroyed is death. For "He has put all things under His feet." But when He says "all things are put under Him," it is evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted. Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all” (1Corinthians 15:24-28).

So, again I asked the question, how could such a day which was ordained and designated for the joy of all peoples be unknown, hidden or forgotten? Unless it is a plan, or plot to concealed it. And how can one truly worship the Father in spirit not knowing the rationale and objective for observing such an important festival.

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With brotherly love

Lucius Joseph